2011 Texas Drought and Wildfires

December 23, 2011

Nick de la Torre/Houston Chronicle

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Sept. 6, 2011 | David Courtney, front, and his friends take all of his valuables from his home as changing winds bring a wildfire closer in Montgomery County. A large blaze burning in forests in Montgomery, Waller and Grimes counties north and west of Houston contributed to more than 1,000 homes that have been destroyed in at least 57 Texas fires.

Nick de la Torre/Houston Chronicle

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Sept. 6, 2011 | David Courtney, front, and his friends take all of his valuables from his home as changing winds bring a wildfire closer in Montgomery County. A large blaze burning in forests in Montgomery, Waller and Grimes counties north and west of Houston contributed to more than 1,000 homes that have been destroyed in at least 57 Texas fires.